<p>A curious Nile crocodile examines a remote camera in Kenya's Lake Turkana. </p>

A curious Nile crocodile examines a remote camera in Kenya's Lake Turkana.

Photograph by Randy Olson, Nat Geo Image Collection

Crocodile Poaching Booms as Egypt Tourism Crumbles

Fewer foreign visitors and political chaos has led some Egyptians to turn to hunting Nile crocodiles as a source of revenue.

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